Yozgat Blues Page #3

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Thank you.

He says,

"There's no mason better than me."

"So you must be a great mason.

Let me shake your hand."

As you know, the Prophet Khidr

has a bone missing in his hand.

When the mason shakes hands,

he feels for the bone. No bone!

He thinks, I was right to be

suspicious then.

I should've known it was Khidr,

peace be upon Him.

"Please", he says to the man,

"honour our mosque again and again."

- Where does the girl work, Usta?

- At the perfume shop.

- Which one?

- The one in the arcade.

- Did she go to school?

- She finished high school.

And if she wants someone educated

like the other girl?

- They didn't say so.

- Do you know her family?

Yes, but my wife knows them better.

Does she plan to keep working

after she's married?

How do I know?

Why are you asking me?

If this girl doesn't work out either,

Sabri will become manic.

- Worry about your exams, not about me!

- Keep your nose out of this!

Cigarette?

Oh, sorry.

The nicotine patches work though.

I plan to give up, too,

but not now.

Being on stage is hard for me.

I get so nervous.

If only there was sea here!

Like in Istanbul.

But it's nice and uncrowded here.

- Do you have any powder?

- Yes, there.

- You mean this?

- Yes.

- What have you done!

- Oh God, I'm sorry.

- Is it lipstick?

- Yes.

I'll give it a quick rub with dish soap

and it'll come out.

- Hello.

- Hello Sabri.

Come in.

Nee, Sabri.

Sabri, come on through. Don't wait.

- Just give it a quick blow dry.

- OK.

- Do you have any wipes?

- Yes.

Great! Now it's spread further.

- More tea?

- No, thanks.

- We should never have used dish soap.

- Yes, sorry. That was my fault.

It'll still come out though.

C'mon, just call it a day.

I'll take it to the dry cleaner's.

- OK?

- OK.

- So is it your own place?

- No.

But I plan to apply for a loan

to open my own place.

A women's hairdressing salon.

Aren't you a men's barber?

Why open a women's salon?

Well, I started out in a women's salon.

I'm really a women's hairdresser.

The barber thing is just temporary.

Besides, there's more money in it.

What do you pay for a blow dry, say?

Fifteen or so.

A shave costs five lira.

It's basically three times the money.

- Do you go to the mosque to pray?

- Sometimes.

But I never miss Friday prayers.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

- Which way is the toilet?

- Up there on the left.

- The shirt's ruined.

- What's wrong?

It's all shiny.

- The thing's unwearable.

- Well, it looks fine from here.

They take no care.

- Hello.

- Hello, Sabri.

You're in the paper, Yavuz.

Delila:
Yozgat's venue for good music.

The photo's come out great.

I'm going to cut this out.

We'll keep the clipping.

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